TNTIS/1

Corpus Refs:none
Site:TNTIS
Discovery:arch excav, 1998 Brady, K.
History:Morris/1999, 7, states that the stone was found in `a securely stratified' context by Kevin Brady.

Morris/1998, 86, states that the stone was found used as a drain cover for a drain running around the south-western corner of a building on site C.

Geology:Morris/1999, 7: `slate'.
Dimensions:0.35 x 0.2 x 0.0 (Morris/1999)
Setting:inc
Location:inc
Form:fragment
Condition:incomplete , some
Morris/1998, 86: `broken on all sides'.
Folklore:none
Crosses:none
Decorations:no other decoration

References


Inscriptions


TNTIS/1/1

Readings

Thomas, C. (1998):PATER | COLIAVIFICIT | ARTOGNOU | COL[.] | FICIT
Expansion:
PATER COLI AVI FICIT ARTOGNOU COL[I] FICIT
Translation:
Artognou (PN), father of a descendant of Coll (PN) has had this made.
deBruxelles/1998 5 reading only
Morris/1998 87 reading only
Morris/1999 8--9 reading only
CISP (1999):PATERN[--] | COLIAVIFICIT | ARTOGNOU | COL[.] | FICIT
Expansion:
PATERN[--] COLI AVI FICIT ARTOGNOU COL[I] FICIT
Translation:
Artognou (PN) descendant of Patern[us] Colus(PN) made (this). Colus(PN) made (this).

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:inc
Morris/1999, 7: `The lettering is incised clearly and confidently, although the first and third lines are incised more lightly than the other three'.
Date:500 - 599 (Morris/1998)
Language:Latin (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:If the words we have form a continuous text, itself perhaps unlikely given the repitition of COLI and FICIT, then the presence of FICIT (a post-classical spelling of FECIT), indicates the language to be Latin.
Palaeography:The inscription includes angle-bar As, horizontal bar Rs, half-uncial G, half-uncial N, as well as letters with some long ascenders such as P, F and R. The L is almost in the shape of a Z.
Legibility:good
Morris/1999, 7: `the lettering is incised clearly and confidently'. Morris also states that microscopic examination of the stone has shown that the `ARTOGNOU' inscription post-dates the [possibly Late Roman] inscription also found on the stone.
Lines:5
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

References


TNTIS/1/2

Readings

Morris, C. (1999):--][.]AX[E/C]
Expansion:
--][.]AXE[--
Expansion:
--][.]AXC[--
Morris/1998 86 reading only
Morris/1999 7 reading only

Notes

Orientation:horizontal
Position:n/a ; broad ; n/a ; undecorated
Incision:incised
Morris/1998, 86: `deeply incised letters'.
Date:None published
Language:Incomplete Information (rcaps)
Ling. Notes:none
Palaeography:Morris/1998, 86: `classical form'.
Legibility:poor
Morris/1998, 86: `the tailend of an...inscription'.
Lines:1
Carving errors:0
Doubtful:no

Names

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